More proof that no open exhaust ever sounds good with an automatic transmission. Between shifts that engine sounds just like a Supra though. Kinda nuts.

Yeah that’s one of the most bulletproof engines of all time. Incredibly torquey too.

My pedantic moment of the day: I’d argue that the Venn diagram of people who know that inline sixes even exist (as opposed to those craigslist idiots calling their 325i a “V6”) and people who know American cars used to have them is an almost complete overlap.

Brohno!

I forgot about those freakish dong-shaped trailer hitches in Europe.

You are a master of concise storytelling.

Well it did have that tried-and-true trailering favorite body-on-frame construction.

“when you’re pulling a 20+ foot trailer with a distributing hitch- do that in your VW and let it push you down a couple hills and then come back to see us.”

I wonder what kinda gallons per mile that thing gets cruising around with a couple thousand horsepower.

For Sale: 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit Convertible

You mean like how a Ford Explorer is rated for more than 6,000lbs towing but is a disaster waiting to happen at even half that weight?

[Sells truck]

I’d love to know how that happened.

Maybe the V6s? I have a ‘96 Ranger (which is a mechanical clone of the B series) and that 2.3 liter barely has enough torque to take off from a stoplight.

I managed to tow a burned down Jag XJ6 with two melted front tires up our driveway and into the garage using a 20hp 1999 Suzuki GZ250.

By this point any story written about Huckabee should be headlined “Here’s another incorrect opinion.” That’s the Huckabee Corollary as far as I’m concerned. It’s the correlation between him saying something and that thing inherently being incorrect, ergo, you could determine the incorrectness of any given idea by…

I agree with you on all points except Olbermann. That guy’s right most of the time, and he tends to say it very, very well. Seems most of people’s dislike for the dude is he sounds like he he thinks he’s better than other people. Nevermind the irony of that gut reaction occurring while he’s railing against domestic…

If watching SportsCenter on TV didn’t require me paying $150 a month for cable, I’d have that on 24/7.

This is the most combative, derisive total agreement with a comment I’ve ever seen. Take it down a notch man.

I haven’t let a mechanic touch any of my (average of 20 years old, ~200,000 mile) cars since about 2001, but bodywork is totally a black art to me. I’ve only ever replaced panels because I feel like a monkey with a baseball bat when I try to fix a dent, and I actually have the proper tools.